Often acquired tastes are acquired genes: Probiotics and prebiotics

Gut flora is found in many areas of our digestive tract, particularly in the colon. Whenever we eat anything we feed the microbes that mak...

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Amazing Benefits Of Peanut Butter & All Nutrition Facts

Apparently, peanut butter nutrition provides many health benefits that you've never thought before. There's even a study that said, ...

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Heavy physical activity may significantly reduce heart disease deaths, especially after age 45

The idea that heavy physical activity is a main trigger of heart attacks is widespread. Often endurance running and cardio-type activities...

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Will You Be Stuffed on Thanksgiving???

It is not necessary!!!!  Just a few brief guidelines and I PROMISE you won't be STUFFED!!! 1. Bring a dish of food for your host. No one...

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Ketones and Ketosis: Physiological and pathological forms

Ketones are compounds that have a specific chemical structure. The figure below (from: Wikipedia) shows the chemical structure of various ty...

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Low bone mineral content in older Eskimos: Meat-eating or shrinking?

Mazess & Mather (1974) is probably the most widely cited article summarizing evidence that bone mineral content in older North Alaskan E...

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